Mack opens big lead in GOP Senate race

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The fight for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate is shaping up as U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV's to lose.

Mack has opened a huge lead over his rivals in a three-way contest in a poll released Thursday.

Mack was preferred by 40 percent of 742 registered Florida Republican voters in a recent random telephone survey compared to 8 percent for Tea Party favorite Mike McCalister. Fort Lauderdale attorney George LeMieux, who served the final 16 months of former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's term, was favored by 7 percent. Forty-one percent were undecided.

The Quinnipiac University survey of Republican voters taken May 15-21 has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

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Great for Mr. Mack. Hopefully he will make many Floridians very happy (including myself) and send obama puppet/space cadet bill nelson packing. November 2012 would also be a great time to send obama himself back to the street corners of Chicago as a community agitator.

You must be a newcomer to Florida to think Bill Nelson an obama puppet. Bill has been around a long time and is beloved on both sides of the aisle. Connie Mack is almost as scandalous as Rick Scott who has been an obvious regret for Florida voters. The Charlie Sheen of florida politics, as LeMieux would say.

Why is it unreasonable to question the fact that his wife lives in and represents a congressional district in California and the husband claims to live in Florida and wants to be a US Senator from Florida?

Which is it -- and why is it a personal attack and accusation without merit to ask a perfectly obvious and legitimate question??????

respective State's business in DC. While there during the week, they live together. On weekends both go back to their home states to continue state business and see children who live in either CA or FL. Many couples lead lives that require similar arrangements and creative solutions to manage work and family demands. Welcome to the 21st C. Interesting indeed.